As the industry prepares for upcoming consumer safety regulations around certain non-food, non-healthcare products, the Product Traceability Expert Group, set up by the European Commission in 2011, recognised the adoption of GS1 Standards ...
Tags: Service
Choosing a product certified by NSF lets you know the company complies with strict standards and procedures imposed by NSF. From extensive product testing and material analyses to unannounced plant inspections, every aspect of a product's ...
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ACE Group today advised that companies in the food and drink industry could face more claims from consumers as a result of new European food labeling regulations that come into force later this year. The purpose of the new regulation is ...
Global multiline property and casualty insurer ACE has cautioned food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers to be ready for more product liability claims, as new EU food labelling regulation takes effect this year. The new regulation, which is ...
Tags: Food Labelling, food producers
The recall process for therapeutic goods in the Australian healthcare sector is set to become streamlined with GS1 Recallnet Healthcare having gone live. Developed over four years by GS1 Australia in association with the National E-Health ...
“The mild winter hit this category hard, resulting in a 10 per cent unit and 14 per cent value decline, compared to 2012,” said Sunbeam product manager — seasonal products, Katie Berra. “Even with the best products, ...
Tags: electric blanket market, restore value to the market, warm weather
UK Flammability Regulations for Upholstered Furniture Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Following the recent BBC investigation into upholstery on sale in the UK containing foams and fabrics that do not comply with British ...
Tags: BBC, FIRA, Tristine Hargreaves, UK
Anytime a product recall is quickly associated with illnesses it's never good. But for Fonterra, the world's largest dairy processor, the need in the last week to recall 8,700 bottles of cream for E. coli contamination could not have come ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Milk, Milk Powder
In yesterday's BBC consumer affairs programme, Fake Britain, several leading furniture and bed retailers were involved in an investigation into product compliance with the UK's stringent fire safety regulations for furniture. Products ...
Tags: Fake Britain, fire safety regulations for furniture, furniture
US-based Yauk's Specialty Meats has expanded its recall that was issued on 9 December and 12 December 2013 to include additional products that were produced under insanitary conditions, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Meat
Village Park Meats is recalling batches of its vacuum packed, cooked, and sliced meat products in Scotland over safety issues. The recall was initiated after an inspection revealed that the company failed to take adequate actions to ...
Sainsbury's, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Kids 20 Pork Cocktail Sausages as some of the packages might have been labeled with an incorrect 'use by' date of 25 December 2013. The products should have been labeled with a ...
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Sainsbury’s, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Taste the Difference Goats' Cheese and Beetroot Bakes with Roast Beetroot Salsa, as they may contain a product with egg as an ingredient which is not mentioned on the label. ...
Tesco, a grocery and general merchandise retailer in the UK, is recalling its own-brand 4 Chocolate & Nut Ice Cream Cones over contamination of pain relief tablets, according to the UK Food Standards Agency. The product associated with ...
Tags: Tesco, Ice Cream Cones
Sainsbury’s, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Chicken Paella Meal Soup as it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The product subject to recall is by Sainsbury's ...